Working Together to Grow Our Maths Brains!

During maths today the studio was buzzing as we learned all about measurement. We had to measure lots of things and figure out which is longer and shorter and the difference between them. 

Like wonderful mathematicians we chose to record our findings on book creator. We took photos and used the pen tool to write the numbers. 

We also had to practise our communication skills by listening and talking to our buddy. 

We practised : 

I agree because... I disagree because...

 We used different measuring tools like cubes, rods and sticks to measure the items.  

Measuring fun

To help us learn more about our mystery dinosaur fossil we measured different parts of its body using wool. We then looked around the studio to see if we could find anything the same length as its toe, tail, head and leg.

The dinosaur's head was the same length as Osten's hand.

The tail was nearly as long as Alex's leg.

We also measured the length of the dinosaur and found out it was the same as our metre ruler. We measured all around the studio to see where the dinosaur could hide if it was still alive today.

The tent was too small.

We discovered that the mystery dinosaur could hide
- under the lego table
- behind the iPad cupboard
- behind the whiteboards
- under the jellybean table
-behind the big TV
and behind and in front of the couch.

Problem Solving Maths

This week we begun our maths problem-solving sessions. Each week the children will spend two sessions working with a buddy to solve a problem. The other two sessions will be spent developing their number knowledge.

First we spent time talking about how we work with a buddy. The things we decided were really important were: 

• Respect our buddies and be nice
• Active listening by looking at our buddy and thinking about what is being said
• Take turns
• Help each other to learn by sharing ideas
• Ask questions if we don't understand
• Be drivers of our own learning

 

At the end of each session we spend time sharing how we solved the problem.

It's great being able to learn how other people solve problems. 😃

Learning Maths Games and Matific

This week we have been learning to play some new maths games. While we were playing we had to make sure we were:

• taking turns

• sharing our ideas

• asking questions

• speaking nicely

• listening

We also learnt how to login into Matific.